As regional transmission planners and transmission providers prepare to implement FERC Order No. 1920, one of the most significant challenges is developing practical, defensible methodologies to quantify the benefits of long-term regional transmission investments....
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Transmission Congestion for 2025
Capacity Value of Interregional Transmission
Interregional transmission offers a variety of benefits, including directly supporting resource adequacy (RA) in regions throughout the U.S. These benefits arise from connecting areas with different resource mixes and load profiles. But there is currently no market...
Blog: MISO Shows Value of Interregional Transmission with Record Imports during Heat Wave
Building on SB 1006: Scaling Advanced Transmission Technologies in California to Unlock Affordable Energy
With electricity demand in California forecast to increase by 7.5% by 2030, due in part to data center demand, and 42% by 2045 as buildings and transportation electrify, California’s grid is at an inflection point. Utilities across the state are looking for a way to...
Making Connections: A history of the regional electrical lines that shaped the U.S. grid
The story of regional interties in the U.S. is also the story of our modern grid. Nearly one hundred years ago, the construction of a 44-mile, 220 kV transmission line marked the beginning of a power pool linking three utilities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Now...
Federal Transmission Pricing Volume 2: Options for Ensuring Affordability and Reliability in an Era of High Load Growth
Modeling the Order 1920 Benefit Metrics
In May 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 1920, a landmark rule requiring long-term, proactive regional transmission planning to meet future energy needs. Key to Order 1920 is a requirement for benefit evaluation via seven metrics for...